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Last Allied troops leave Germany
The four allied trrops led to controversy. -
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WWII Timeline Activity- Pt. 1
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Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
President Paul Von Hindenburn named him -
Dachau opened
Killed over 30,000 people. -
Hitler and Mussolini join forces
Fascism and Nazism were similar forces. -
Hitler named Furher
Popular support for Hitler's regime became strong. -
US signs Neutrality Acts
Prohibitted the export of all arms, ammuntion, and implements of war. -
Germany passes the Nuremberg Laws
The laws excluded the German Race. -
Germany invades the Rhineland
This was Hitler's first illegal act. -
Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Saying that each signatory promised not to attack each other. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on ground and from the air. -
Germany invades France
Led to the fall of France -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad
German Federal Soviet Soldier waved their country's flag over the central plaza in Stalingrad. -
Lend- Lease Act passed
The principle means for providing the US military aid to foreign nations during WWII. -
Germany attacks Soviet Union
This was the largest German military operation during WWII -
Pogrom in Germany begins
The exclusion of German Jews. -
D-Day
More than 160, 000 allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of heavy fortified French coastline -
Liberation of Paris
This went on until the German surrendered the French Capital. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campaign -
Yalta conference
A meeting of British Prime Minister Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Roosevelt Dies
Died of Cerebral Hemmorhage 3 months into his term. -
Dachau liberated
Liberated by the US Seventh Army's 45th infantry division. -
Hitler commits Suicide
Shot himself with a pistol.